Monthly Archives: August 2022

Netflix adds ‘Heads Up!’ to its games roster with decks based on its hit shows, including ‘Stranger Things’

Netflix is expanding its roster of games with the addition of “Netflix Heads Up!,” an exclusive version of the popular mobile game, the company announced today. Heads Up! is a twist on charades where players have to guess the words on another player’s forehead before the one-minute timer runs out. The game is rolling out…

Mastering the B2C2B game: 6 lessons to learn before you launch

Jonathan Naymark Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Naymark is the general manager of Codecademy for Business at Codecademy, an online learning platform that offers courses across web development, data science, cybersecurity and more. Launching a B2B product within a B2C company presents distinct challenges as you attempt to strike a balance between successfully establishing a…

‘House of the Dragon’ series premiere is the biggest in HBO’s history, with almost 10 million viewers

The premiere of the “Game of Thrones“ prequel “House of the Dragon” on Sunday made history for HBO and HBO Max and drew the largest audience for any new HBO original series, with 9.986 million viewers across linear and streaming in the U.S. Warner Bros. Discovery announced the news on Monday, citing that the premiere…

One of our favorite Apple photo editors has announced a controversial change

Popular photo editing app Pixelmator Photo is shifting towards a subscription model, hiking the price of a perpetual license in the process.  The iOS photo editor will now embrace monthly and annual subscriptions for $4.99 and $23.99, respectively. Meanwhile, a lifetime license will now cost $54.99, a massive jump for what was once a $7.99…

After losing sci-fi epic Demimonde, two more J. J. Abrams projects have now been canceled

J. J. Abrams is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, having helmed numerous hit shows and movies including Cloverfield, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Lost. However, he’s seen not one, but two planned projects canceled in recent days. The Star Wars director has projects in the works at most of the streaming services…

Student-loan borrowers in public service have just over 2 months to use a waiver that would bring them closer to relief. 117 Democratic lawmakers want Biden to extend it through next summer.

Sen. Bob Menendez Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Menendez led Democratic colleagues in pushing Biden to extend the PSLF waiver through July 2023. The waiver, which expands eligibility for loan forgiveness, is currently set to end on October 31. The Education Department continues to communicate the October deadline.  Amid a consequential time for millions of federal…

Soaring natural gas prices on top of rate hikes by the ECB will send Europe into a deep recession by year-end, JPMorgan says

Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images Europe is poised to enter a deep recession by year-end amid rising natural gas prices and higher interest rates, according to JPMorgan.Natural gas imports now account for more than 6% of Europe’s GDP, and that number could climb even higher, the bank said.The ECB could have…